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Why can surname distribution information help with when researching an ancestor with a common surname?

You may learn that the name is not common everywhere at all times

You may save yourself a lot of work by changing your objective and search another name

It may be a short simple name with hardly any variant spellings

How far did most people walk to reach a port of departure?

5 to 7 miles

About 20 miles

Less than 50 miles

Which of these resources is a good place to start learning about movement of people within Britain?

FamilySearch website

Topographical Dictionaries by Lewis

The Great Migration website

What is the name of the resource that helps researchers sort out geographical relationships between parishes, counties, and manors?

National Monuments Record

Manorial Documents Register

Place Name Survey

Before you begin a search you set your search parameters. These are names, dates and places, but each of these has elements you must consider. Which of the words listed here is NOT a search parameter element?

Variants

Jurisdictions

Decades

What is the essential characteristic of a thorough search in church registers (or any other class of records)?

You record everything you search

You look at more than one database

You relate what you search to what survives

Which of these research skills is essential to 17th c work and one you should practice?

Reading old handwriting

Planning research steps

Keeping a log of work done

In what year did the use of Latin in official documents cease?

540

1660

1732

The lesson recommends you develop the ability to prepare abstracts. What are they?

The careful writing out of the contents of a document

The transcription of important passages of a document

The summarizing of important details of a document

What was a Toleration Act?

Legislation in Ireland that eased restrictions on the native Irish

Legislation in England and Wales that removed requirement for holders of important positions to be Church of England

Legislation in England and Wales that permitted the existence of non-conforming congregations

Which of the following tax records is best to search, in terms of the numbers of records that survive and their geographic spread?

Poll tax

Window tax

Hearth tax

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